The charge of the Light Brigade! One of Britain's best known glorious disasters. This book shatters many long-held conceptions of how and why it happened, and who was to blame.

pt. 1. The Light Brigade. 'The Light Brigade will advance ... ' -- The four horsemen of calamity -- To war -- pt. 2. The orders. Orders for the infantry -- Two orders for the cavalry -- Two more orders for the cavalry -- pt. 3. The charge. Running the gauntlet (1) -- Running the gauntlet (2) -- Through the guns -- Back up the valley -- pt. 4. The consequences. The reckoning -- The recriminations.